TAMPA — Gov. Rick Scott has announced $20 million in higher education investments that the Board of Governor’s distributed among universities demonstrating success in student performance.
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ARRESTS: Sept. 23, 2013
The Crestview Police Department and Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office provided the following crime reports for publication.
Bulldogs drop another heartbreaker
NAVARRE — Gatlin Casey scored on a 90-yard kickoff to open the second half and spark the Navarre High School football team to a 17-14 win over Crestview on Friday. Defenses dominated the first half a…
Volunteers restoring military family's home (PHOTOS)
CRESTVIEW — Church members have pitched in to help refurbish a military family's home that renters trashed while they were on permanent change of station out of state.
International Talk Like a Pirate Day invades martial arts studio
CRESTVIEW — Scurvy dogs of various degrees of proficiency had to learn their taekwondo forms Thursday or face their saber-wielding masters’ wrath.
Touring youth theatre troupe visits Crestview schools (VIDEO)
CRESTVIEW — Northwood Elementary and Richbourg E.S.E. School students have learned that literature lessons can be fun. Atlantic Coast Theatre for Youth members on Wednesday brought their rock musical…
Former Crestview mayor Ted Mathis dies
CRESTVIEW — Former Mayor Ted Mathis, who died Thursday of congestive heart failure following a period of illness, served in City Hall from November 1987 until April 1995.
LETTER: Confederate flag shouldn’t fly alone in Crestview
I think most black Americans in the south realize that people displaying the Confederate flag no more support slavery than the black folks who wear an "X" on their caps — symbolizing Malcolm X — supp…
New fall event to substitute for canceled Hobo Festival
LAUREL HILL — Following the Hobo Festival committee’s decision to cancel this year's event, two Laurel Hill organizations are stepping up with a substitute festival.
Laurel Hill collecting points for development grant application
LAUREL HILL — An engineering firm assisting the city with applying for a road-repairs grant is scoring as many points as it can to secure the funds.